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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

2010-09-15 to 2015-06-22 | PhD in Plant Systematics & Ecology (Institute of Systematic Botany)
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Steven Paul Sylvester

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2008-09 to 2009-09 | MSc Biodiversity and taxonomy of plants *with distinction
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Bangor University: Bangor, Gwynedd, GB

2002-09 to 2006-06 | B.Sc. Ecology *first class
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Works (34)

New records of alien and potentially invasive grass (Poaceae) species for southern Africa

Bothalia, African Biodiversity & Conservation
2021-07-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; Mitsy D.P.V. Sylvester; Anthony Mapaura; Vincent Ralph Clark
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Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1466-822X
Part of ISSN: 1466-8238
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Poa liuliangii and P. kengii (Poaceae), two new species from the Hengduan Mountains of southwest China

Taiwania
2021-05-17 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Resolving páramo Poa (Poaceae): morphometric and phylogenetic analysis of the ‘Cucullata complex’ of north-west South America

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2021-04-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0024-4074
Part of ISSN: 1095-8339
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Limits to resilience of Afroalpine vegetation to grazing and burning: a case study of grasses from the Drakensberg Mountain Centre, southern Africa

2021-04-06 | Preprint
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; Aluoneswi C. Mashau; Mitsy D.P.V. Sylvester; Anthony Mapaura; Vincent Ralph Clark
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A phylogeny of species near Agrostis supporting the recognition of two new genera, Agrostula and Alpagrostis (Poaceae, Pooideae, Agrostidinae) from Europe

PhytoKeys
2020-11-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Paul M. Peterson; Steven P. Sylvester; Konstantin Romaschenko; Robert J. Soreng; Patricia Barberá; Alejandro Quintanar; Carlos Aedo
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Re-instatement of Sorbus harrowiana (Rosaceae), based on morphometric analysis

PhytoKeys
2020-10-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Meng Li; Steven P. Sylvester; Zhang-Pei Wang; Yi-Da Pei; Xin-Fen Gao; Yuan Zhao; Wen-Qi Jiang
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New records and key to Poa (Pooideae, Poaceae) from the Flora of Southern Africa region and notes on taxa including a diclinous breeding system in Poa binata

PhytoKeys
2020-10-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert J. Soreng; Steven P. Sylvester; Mitsy D.P.V. Sylvester; Vincent Ralph Clark
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Agrostis meyenii Trin. (Poaceae, Agrostidinae): first records from Peru, including taxonomic notes and an identification key

Check List
2020-10-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Mitsy D.P.V. Sylvester
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Festuca drakensbergensis (Poaceae): A common new species in the F. caprina complex from the Drakensberg Mountain Centre of Floristic Endemism, southern Africa, with key and notes on taxa in the complex including the overlooked F. exaristata

PhytoKeys
2020-10-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; Mitsy D. P. V. Sylvester; Vincent Ralph Clark
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Poa (Poaceae) of Colombia: A Taxonomic Revision

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
2020-07-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; William J. Bravo-Pedraza; Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon; Diego Giraldo-Cañas
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Agrostis and Podagrostis (Agrostidinae, Poaceae) from páramos of Boyacá, Colombia: synoptic taxonomy including a key to Colombian species

PhytoKeys
2020-06-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon; William J. Bravo-Pedraza; Robert J. Soreng
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New combinations and updated descriptions in Podagrostis (Agrostidinae, Poaceae) from the Neotropics and Mexico

PhytoKeys
2020-05-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Paul M. Peterson; Konstantin Romaschenko; William J. Bravo-Pedraza; Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon; Robert J. Soreng
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Revisiting the phylogeny and taxonomy of Osmanthus (Oleaceae) including description of the new genus Chengiodendron

Phytotaxa
2020-03-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1179-3163
Part of ISSN: 1179-3155
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Patterns and sources of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in Yancheng, Eastern China, indicated by moss N concentration and δ15N signatures

Atmospheric Pollution Research
2019-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1309-1042
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Functional androdioecy in the ornamental shrub Osmanthus delavayi (Oleaceae)

PLOS ONE
2019-09-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Podagrostis colombiana sp. nov. (Poaceae): a new genus record and species for Colombia

Kew Bulletin
2019-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; Diego Giraldo-Cañas
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The stability of spruce treelines on the eastern Tibetan Plateau over the last century is explained by pastoral disturbance

Forest Ecology and Management
2019-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0378-1127
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Páramo Calamagrostis s.l. (Poaceae): An updated list and key to the species known or likely to occur in páramos of NW South America and southern Central America including two new species, one new variety and five new records for Colombia

PhytoKeys
2019-05-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; William J. Bravo-Pedraza; Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon; Diego Giraldo-Cañas; Jose Aguilar-Cano; Paul M. Peterson
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The Complete Plastid Genome of Magnolia zenii and Genetic Comparison to Magnoliaceae species

Molecules
2019-01 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Yongfu Li; Steven Paul Sylvester; Meng LI (李蒙); Cheng Zhang; Xuan Li; Yifan Duan; Xianrong Wang
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Valeriana vilcabambensis (Valerianaceae), a New Species from Undisturbed Upper Montane Forest of the Southern Peruvian Andes

Novon
2018 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Four new and five overlooked records of vascular plants from the southern Peruvian Andes

Arnaldoa
2017 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Relict high-Andean ecosystems challenge our concepts of naturalness and human impact

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

An illustrated generic key and updated list of the grasses (Poaceae) of Belize

Edinburgh Journal of Botany
2016 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

An updated checklist and key to the open-panicled species of Poa (Poaceae) in Peru including three new species, Poa ramoniana, Poa tayacajaensis, and Poa urubambensis.

Phytokeys
2016 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Taxonomic delimitation of the ‘Festuca setifolia’ complex (Poaceae) in southern South America and a new species for the Peruvian Andes.

Systematic Botany
2016 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

The world's smallest Campanulaceae: Lysipomia mitsyae sp. nov.

Taxon
2016-04 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

A new species of Moranopteris (Polypodiaceae) from inaccessible ledges in the high Andes of Peru

Systematic Botany
2014 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Bartsia lydiae, a new species of Bartsia sect. Laxae (Orobanchaceae) from the southern Peruvian Andes with a revised key to Bartsia sect. Laxae

Phytotaxa
2014 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Elevational patterns of Polylepis tree height (Rosaceae) in the high Andes of Peru: role of human impact and climatic conditions.

Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology
2014 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Gentianella viridiflora (Gentianaceae), a new species from the Peruvian Andes

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Steven Paul Sylvester

Inaccessible Andean sites reveal human induced weathering in grazed soils.

Progress in Physical Geography
2014 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Inaccessible ledges as refuges for the natural vegetation of the high Andes

Journal of Vegetation Science
2014 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

The World's highest vascular epiphytes found in the Peruvian Andes

Alpine Botany
2014 | Journal article
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Steven Paul Sylvester

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Plant systematics and evolution. (1)